Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31398341-20170409101440/@comment-31398341-20170512161818

Ninjawarrior93 wrote: Hey in the B+ Rank, it is not mentioned about Heatran's other moveset containing lava plume instead of magma storm. I'd like to think that lava plume does have some use you know? Better accuracy and PP after all. The 30% burn chance is neat too.

Also Slowbro in A- rank is pretty unimaginable given that there is Bisharp, Gengar and Aegislash running around, but aside from that, Mega Slowbro is not mentioned? It's quite a good wall considering it still has access to slack off even when regenerator is changed after mega evolving. That thing will definitely not get killed by physical attacks easily.

I feel like Tentacruel should be ranked up. Access to rapid spin, scald, toxic spikes and haze is nice against boost stacking pokemon(such as minimize Clefable). A good typing to shoo away fairy types while also absorbing special hits is neat. Ability wise, rain dish would go well with rain teams, and the other 2 I'm unsure if they're really useful. Oh and since Tentacruel would most likely carry black sludge, it doesn't really have to worry 100% about trick happening or even if it does, the opponent wouldn't really like it(given that the opposing pokemon is a non poison type). I am aware of Lava Plume. It can be used alongside Lava Plume too due to the fact that Flash Cannon is unreleased.

Tentacruel is fairly niche pokemon that faces competition with Starmie as I stated before in the comment section above. Starmie has more special attack, speed and has reliable recovery (Recover). Tentacruel has more utility moves and has more special defense and slightly better defensive typing. Beating Clefable is another niche too. It is still C+ bc competition it faces and it is a pokemon that has specific role after all.

For Slowbro, well, you brought up a good point. It is hard to find a core that can wall those three mons you mentioned when using Slowbro. Its relatively low power initially is also an impediment.

Slowbro : A- >>> B+

For Mega Slowbro, while it losts Regenator, it has a decently increased special attack as well as sky high physical defense. Calm mind can also be used to boost its special defense. However, setting up can be a hard job due to its low speed, which forces it to take a hit before boosting or healing. Losing Regenerator can make it a deadweight at low health too due to aforementioned low speed. I cannot say that it is better than regular Slowbro, but it works differently. I would rank it at the same rank.

Mega Slowbro : Unranked >>> B+